to give you a sense of what is coming. charlie will be up in a moment and he will give you his take on last night's debate and give us some colorful insight on what we can expect between now and november and possible outcomes for november. he will be joined by two guests, who will join him to offer their perspective on the debate and also the upcoming elections. we are grateful to all of our participants this morning. and it will take questions, so please think about what you will ask. we also invite you to join the conversation via twitter. we welcome your thoughts and insights to their as well. if he would not mind silencing your cell phones, it would help us immensely. we are able to gather under the generosity of united technologies. it is a diversified company comprised of several well-known brands known to many of you. utc has been a wonderful partner with national journal. they also a partner with us on congressional connection poll, which we conduct while congress is in session to get a sense of what is going on outside of washington and bring that news here. you can be info
